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kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social @kiwisockpuppet.bsky.social · 6h

You’ve got to wonder how far is too far, even for boomer voters. Surely the most devout Nat voter must be appalled by this. Right? Right?

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 7h

Being GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Unethical preferential treatment is why corps/the wealthy vote/donate to NZF,ACT,NATS. #nzpol “Engineering giant Beca was awarded more than $237 million in Defence Force contracts while its chief executive chaired a govt defence advisory body, including $40m in work awarded without an open tender.”

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Engineering firm won $237m in Defence contracts while CEO chaired Defence advisory body

More than $40m was awarded without competing bids while Beca’s chief executive chaired a government defence advisory council. The company also received $3.4m from the state-owned ferry replacement com...

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Excellent announcement. First one I've watched this election from begining to end. She is informed, fighting for the average kiwi and not intimidated by the wealthy and sorted youtu.be/QmVzL8647ks?...

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Greens vow to regulate artificial intelligence | RNZ

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

As long suspected, Trump is a Russian asset

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Excellent policy, great announcement content. About bloody time someone did something like this

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Anthropic banning “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude in its new usage policies is proof to me that tech companies are going to moderate violence against AI before they ever moderate violence against women and minorities

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Central claim is that the ChCh attack was a false flag, w/ fake livestream, staged to justify disarming New Zealanders "on the eve of COVID". Please hold space for survivors, the families of victims, & NZ's wider Muslim community. Please also report to DIA anything you may see on these lines. #nzpol

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PJ Manney @pjmanney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Who makes money from it and who gets that money back in campaign contributions/kickbacks? NZers need to learn to follow the money and nail the bsterds to the wall, because we're learning all the worst lessons from the US.

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Mutable Joe @mutablejoe.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

remember that it's never safe to look directly at the sun, especially the dan wootton column

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Robert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same thing in NZ: same population as Ireland, both emit 3-4 MtCO2/year from heavy vehicles. NZ has 200k trucks & buses, of which just 900 (mostly smaller) trucks and 300 buses are electric.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hadjar qualified in P3

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Homeless people are dying on the streets of Whangarei while we all figuratively stand around, twiddle our thumbs and hope someone else does something about it. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...

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Homeless man's death highlights Whangārei's housing and support gaps

Jacob Howan says Whangārei has a particular gap in the provision of emergency shelter.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Excellent interview by Chloe Swarbrick. Answers the questions, provides facts and genuinely communicates. She's not playing the politics game youtu.be/vhWsbTO2S-4?...

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Chlöe Swarbrick says the Government undermined climate action | RNZ

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

No conviction decisions by judges - These decisions teach the young white men that the law does not apply to them. It makes them aware that they can do whatever they want and get away with it, and that invariably includes escalation down the line

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This sounds exactly like what judges say in rape cases. The young white man needs another chance or his life will be ruined. It's time this stopped. He got no conviction after delivering a sustained "nasty" assault. All he will learn is that the rules don't apply to him.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In a survey of 1,000 NZers, 29.4% said the economy and cost of living was the most NB, social issues (discrimination, racism, poverty, inequality) second at 19.9%, healthcare 9.5%, food & housing 8.6%, politics 7.4%, environment 5.2%, crime 3.4%, infrastructure 1.2% share.google/0rKQsyMomTiZ...

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What do NZ voters really care about? A global comparison reveals some surprises

Like people everywhere, New Zealanders are worried about living standards, costs and wages. But a global poll reveal some less obvious priorities.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, but we need to change the lobbying and election funding rules to make them fairer and more transparent for the future. Otherwise the unbalanced funding cycle is locked in and we'll be forever using all our resources to fight a tsunami of lobbied lies rather than building a vision of the future

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yip. They need to give us the full Mamdani

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

That's an excellent nocturnal

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

OMG. Lando, Lando, Lando....credit to Oscar, Lando, Lando....

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Linblad shouldn't have put his car there, there was no gap. Liam Lawson is right to be peeved with him. Poor decision making

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This article is misleading. Lawson was well ahead of Linblad for most of the race, it was only after Lindlad took him out and damaged his car that Lawson fell behind him.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a very poor decision. And no one will appeal because it's the same team. Liam Lawson hung out to dry again

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Linblad not getting a penalty for that is outrageous

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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

the afterword in particular makes RNZ's immediate coverage - uncritically platforming both Williams AND Farrar to attack Hager - all the more revealing and, honestly, just fucking sad

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Alan (not ekshully a B'Stard) @alans-world.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#NZpol If the phrase "belongs in the fiction section" sounds familiar, yes, it's the same BS when "Dirty Politics" was released ⏬ Williams and Farrar withdrew *slightly* from speaking/ slots then — riiiiiight up until they got asked back *AGAIN AND AGAIN* to give 'insights'. Rinse BS, Repeat BS.

Two stalls set out and a crowd gathers. One stall displays "Comforting Lies", the other "Unpleasant Truths".

The former is manned by Jordan Williams of the TPU and yes, that's David Farrar, and yes, that is the pic of him dressed as Jimmy Saville, the pedo, and yes, it's weird anyone would dress up like him even as a joke, even weirder this happened *after* he was outed for being a pedo.

But then again, David may just want to feel more comfortable at those "Princess Parties" he helped oversee (VOMIT). Makes the "meat on legs" as one attendee put it easier to catch Davey?

Jordan Williams expounds and exhorts his (faux) ignorance of anything and dishes out words like "It's all lies" and other BS to the crowd.

On the other side, a lonely figure mans the "Unpleasant Truths" stall, with three of Nicky Hagers books showing: "The Hollow Men", about the then-Brash led National Party and its underhanded tactics in tandem with the Exclusive Bretheren (among others), "Dirty Politics" which covered the Key-led National government and the dirty machinations of Jordan Williams, Simon Lusk, David Farrar, Cameron Slater and others... and lastly, the latest release, "Dirty Work", featuring, again, Jordan Williams and David Farrar as more principle players this time.

And of course... the media, and assorted hangers-on, are readily publishing excuses and diversions of course, because, that's... what they do.

LINKS TO THE BACKGROUND OF THE BOOKS BY HAGER

The Hollow Men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hollow_Men_(book)

Dirty Politics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Politics

Dirty Work
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_Work_(Hager_book)
Dirty Works

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's $528 one way for one person to fly Whangarei to Wellington on that 9-10 January 2027 weekend. That's $2,112 just for travel for 2 Northlanders. Just rediculous

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Legacy media are on his list, as this is the spin they are all taking today

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The same way he and David Farrar get huge, ongoing coverage in all our legacy media - they have the right connections and know how to pull the ropes for maximum leverage. We live in a corrupt society that wears the public face of 'fair' and 'sensible'

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Steve Braunias tries to turn a book launch into a gathering of conspiracy theorists, healthnuts and stonies who haven't got a clue about the 'real world'. #nickyhagar #dirtywork Steve's lost his touch. newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/22/l...

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The Nicky Hager bombshell (if it is a bombshell)

Steve Braunias reports from the Nicky Hager book launch event.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

RNZ predictably leads with Farrar's derisionary denials and responses to #nickyhager #dirtywork much like RNZ's other coverage (about 600 quotes by RNZ since 2007), an astonishing amount of space and time given to him. Why not lead with the new explosive facts first? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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'1000 percent wrong', 'hilarious': How David Farrar reacted to Nicky Hager's new book

Right-wing pollster David Farrar has flatly denied some allegations made against him in Nicky Hager's new book, and dismissed another as "hilarious".

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nicky Hagar said this tonight at his launch of his new book. I can't agree more.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yay! Only a quarter of an hour to go now...

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

More than 200 healthcare professionals at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital have signed a letter warning they are in a crisis, calling on Health New Zealand to prioritise patient and staff safety. Middlemore Hospital staff declare healthcare 'crisis' www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz-... #nzpol

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Middlemore Hospital staff declare healthcare 'crisis'

More than 200 healthcare professionals at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital have signed a letter warning they are in a crisis, calling on Health New Zealand to prioritise patient and staff safety.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Of the people I know, it was the fear of losing their retirement pensions that forced them to take the step to become citizens rather than permanent residents

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Caps political donations at $30,000 Bans corporate donations Establishes a public register of lobbyists At last, a party taking corruption seriously.

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What's scary is that 29% think he's onto it

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Excellent article. Journalistic access has become conditional in the US, and we know that USA GOP trends soon appear here in our coalition. It has consequences, one being corruption. And as you say, "makes it look legitimate to treat someone asking an uncomfortable question as if they’re the enemy."

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes! This and what they do with what they take has been keeping me awake at night. Those art pieces are irreplaceable and worth millions

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

We should be rioting honestly WTF

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I want to see the video 👀😄

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Raz @razmetaz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I don't believe a word Simeon Brown says, his history in stretching the truth means he has lost all credibility. For example, data shows only 54 new FTE nurses were employed by Health NZ in the two years from March 2024 to March 2026. Disgusting. share.google/tnph0d1fYRRo...

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Health Minister Simeon Brown denies telling hospitals to save money as flu surge bites

The health system has been under significant pressure this winter, with Auckland City Hospital saying it's been worse than expected.

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